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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Project Management
DESCRIPTION:One Day. Zero Fluff. Real Results.\n\nUsing the Harvard Business Review Project Management handbook\, this program provides you with an overview of the fundamentals of project management. This program will help you gain the confidence and tools you need to manage projects effectively. Project management is one of the fastest growing professions today. If you are new to this field and believe it might offer potential career opportunities\, you are right! Whether you work in IT and are part of an Agile team\, or in Predictive project management\, this one-day overview will explain how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. It will enhance your overall understanding of project management practices and your capability to support or lead projects.\n\nThe overview will cover Planning\, Build-up\, Implementation and Close-out of projects\, describing best practices for:\n\n\n	\n	Choosing the right team and keeping it humming\n	\n	\n	Avoiding scope creep\n	\n	\n	Zeroing in on critical tasks and mapping out a logical sequence\n	\n	\n	Making heads or tails of Gantt or PERT charts\n	\n	\n	Getting disruptive team members on board\n	\n	\n	Keeping stakeholders in the loop\n	\n	\n	Gauging your project's success\n	\n	\n	Deciding when to cut bait\n	\n	\n	Capturing - and using - lessons learned\n	\n\n\nOur instructor is a retired project manager who has been teaching a variety of project management courses to professionals seeking to enhance their careers.  With decades of project management experience in the US and internationally\, in public and private sectors\, large and small projects in a variety of industries\, he will be sharing his experiences of what worked\, what didn't\, and why.\n\nINSTRUCTOR:  Dave Shrimpton\n\nMUST REGISTER BY November 6\, 2026
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2><span style="color:rgb(183\, 14\, 40) !important">One Day. Zero Fluff. Real Results.</span></h2>\n\n<p>Using the Harvard Business Review Project Management handbook\, this program provides you with an overview of the fundamentals of project management. This program will help you gain the confidence and tools you need to manage projects effectively. Project management is one of the fastest growing professions today. If you are new to this field and believe it might offer potential career opportunities\, you are right! Whether you work in IT and are part of an Agile team\, or in Predictive project management\, this one-day overview will explain how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. It will enhance your overall understanding of project management practices and your capability to support or lead projects.</p>\n\n<p>The overview will cover Planning\, Build-up\, Implementation and Close-out of projects\, describing best practices for:</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>\n	<p>Choosing the right team and keeping it humming</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Avoiding scope creep</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Zeroing in on critical tasks and mapping out a logical sequence</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Making heads or tails of Gantt or PERT charts</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Getting disruptive team members on board</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Keeping stakeholders in the loop</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Gauging your project&#39\;s success</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Deciding when to cut bait</p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p>Capturing - and using - lessons learned</p>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Our instructor is a retired project manager who has been teaching a variety of project management courses to professionals seeking to enhance their careers.&nbsp\; With decades of project management experience in the US and internationally\, in public and private sectors\, large and small projects in a variety of industries\, he will be sharing his experiences of what worked\, what didn&#39\;t\, and why.</p>\n\n<p>INSTRUCTOR:&nbsp\; Dave Shrimpton</p>\n\n<p><em><u>MUST REGISTER BY November 6\, 2026</u></em></p>\n
LOCATION:Location: USI\; 8600 University Blvd\, University Center East Room 2205
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URL:https://business.knoxcountychamber.com/events/details/fundamentals-of-project-management-6809
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